Rachel Maddow: Trump’s unhinged courtroom 'rambling' was designed to undermine 'the whole legal system'

Donald Trump's critics have been slamming him for his Monday, November 6 testimony in New York State Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud case against the Trump Organization. The former president, in court, angrily described the case as a politically motivated "witch hunt." And his critics have been lambasting him for making a mockery of the United States' judicial system.

But MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, during a November 6 commentary, argued that the "chaos" he brought to Justice Arthur Engoron's courtroom was by design — as undermining U.S. institutions is part of his game plan.

Maddow argued, "Chaotic, rambling, non-sequitar, out of control, insulting —sort on unprofessional, inappropriate testimony may not help with his case. But it does make a mockery of the legal system."

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The MSNBC host added that Trump is "trying to denigrate" and "legitimize" not only this case, "but the whole legal system."

"That does appear to be his larger goal," Maddow warned. "And it makes sense. When your legal troubles include a couple of huge civil cases and 91 felony criminal counts against you…. the more efficient path is just to run against the legal system — to tell your followers that the American legal system…. it's all illegitimate."

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